[TheForge] opinions please, 2 Qs

[Jerry Frost]

Yes they are. You can install a valve stem and use an air hose tire fill 
chuck. I'm not sure of the specifics but have been told it's simple 
plumbing.

Jer

On 4/17/2013 1:17 PM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> Are they adjustable for load and stiffness too?
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> On Apr 14, 2013, at 3:11 PM, Jerry Frost wrote:
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> I talked to Dave today and he said truck suspension air bags are around $100 ea. and you could probably get them for next to nothing at a salvage yard.
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> Okay., lift bags but not the rescue bags. They're still pretty darned tough.
>
> No, not LIKE an electro magnet, a real life, honest to goodness, except no imitations, electro magnet. Heck you could put a skirt of something less than wildly flameable around the foundation block and not worry about the bags.
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> Still don't think you'd need to worry about the truck air bags unless you start laying hot stock against them.
>
> Jer
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 5:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] opinions please, 2 Qs
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>
>> On Apr 13, 2013, at 7:05 PM, Jerry Frost wrote:
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>> You mean like rescue bags? naw, I don't suppose those would like hot sharpies at all.
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>> No, when they move prefab bridge components, for example, they sometimes use inflatable bags to lift them.
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>> Don't put the magnets near the anvil, lay them on the floor so the hot sharpies will stick there instead of falling through the gap. Heck, a piece of strip steel wrapped around the block with a little copper wound around it and you have a hot sharpy trap.
>>
>> Copper windings...like an electro magnet?
>>
>> Jer
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